[thelist] What is least expensive Mac to use as Web client QA box
Stephen Rider
evolt_org at striderweb.com
Mon Jan 31 10:09:15 CST 2005
On Jan 31, 2005, at 9:18 AM, Mark Marlow wrote:
> What is the least expensive Mac and OS configuration I can use as a QA
> machine for client side testing of Web applications. The general
> requirements are:
>
> Needs to run latest versions of IE/NS/Safari/FireFox.
> Needs to connect to internet via an ethernet network.
I'll "third" the suggestion of a Mac Mini.
Get a KVM switch and you can use the exact same keyboard/monitor/mouse
you already have hooked up to your primary computer. The Mac is truly
tiny and you'll hardly notice it's even there until you want to use it.
:)
Starts at $500. This is a fast G4 (not a G5) -- an excellent
consumer-grade computer and perfectly capable of running as an Apache
server for testing purposes, as well as the browsers you mentioned.
According to Apple's website, it is "now shipping".
<http://www.apple.com/macmini/>
Steve Rider
Disclaimer: I own Apple stock. Go buy lots of Macs! ;-)
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